Liveblog: Kings win 4-3 in OT, advance to Cup final

Dustin Penner ends a great game a little over 17 minutes into OT.
Los Angeles advances to the Stanley Cup final for the first time since 1993.
The series will begin May 30.
Phoenix battled to the end, but the Kings are unbeaten on the road, 8-0 in these playoffs.

A capacity crowd in Glendale were treated to a dandy in the desert.

The game had 92 shots on goal, 98 hits, temper tantrums in OT and a less-than-warm handshake line.

And let’s hope some of that wide-open style carries over to the final.

Wow, it’s not like Brown clubed a baby seal to death at center ice.
There’s been dirtier hits in almost every game of the Playoffs. Hope Roseval is OK but this wasn’t bloody murder, everyone needs to relax…

The habsinsideout circlejerk is alive and well tonight. Yeah the Brown hit was dirty. But so were hits by Doan and Hanzel earlier in the series. This stuff happens on both sides. Had the Coyotes won, Brown may very well have been suspended. Unfortunately, Phoenix was outplayed for a large majority of the series and in the end, the Kings deserved to win.

shf, no one is posting that the Brown hit was dirty AND the hits by Doan and Hanzel were fine. So your point is irrelevant.

The outrage you sense and misapprehend is about seeing YET ANOTHER dirty hit that was not punished by the refs, in a long line of other hits and dangerous plays that weren’t punished. You’re sensing frustration, exasperation at the futility of the NHL’s attempts to referee its games, enforce its own rules, and provide the fans with a spectacle that will dazzle the eye and capture the heart, with skill and flair. Instead we get trench warfare and thuggery.

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In the very long view, it is important that kids growing up in Québec love the Canadiens and recognize themselves in the team, and a bit of the team in themselves. There must be a strong, visceral, emotional connection between the fans and leurs Glorieux.

Ron MacLean now saying the knee on knee by Dustin Brown wasn’t intentional. Ridiculous. Whenever a player lines another one up like that, face-to-face, the intended target always moves out of the way and the knee-on-knee results.

This type of play should be a strict liability offence: if you cause a knee-on-knee, you’re ejected and suspended. Like when you clear the puck into the stands or jump off the bench to start a fight. The referee shouldn’t have to read the offending player’s thoughts and factor in whether he’s a good guy and what the score of the game is.

If players know that they’ll be punished, they won’t persist on trying to low-percentage probability bodycheck. When the guy ducks, you let him go instead of sticking out your knee or elbow. Better yet, don’t line a guy up face to face. It won’t work, the guy will see you coming, and more often than not, you’ll get suspended.

Why is it so hard for the NHL to get that?

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In the very long view, it is important that kids growing up in Québec love the Canadiens and recognize themselves in the team, and a bit of the team in themselves. There must be a strong, visceral, emotional connection between the fans and leurs Glorieux.

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In the very long view, it is important that kids growing up in Québec love the Canadiens and recognize themselves in the team, and a bit of the team in themselves. There must be a strong, visceral, emotional connection between the fans and leurs Glorieux.

not disputing that. And the Kings deserve to win the series. But for them to win immediately after a dirty dirty hit is just cruel for the Coyotes and their fans, and another example of the lack of karmic justice in sport. Kinda like Chara raising the Cup the year he almost ends a guys career. That’s all i’m saying.

I believe in living the right way and always doing the right thing. I believe that if people abide by this way of living, it translates to the best possible outcome for everyone. However, sport is the one realm where I have never seen this way of living rewarded. The cheaters, the dirty teams, the people who break the rules, always seem to come out on top. it’s unfortunate

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In the very long view, it is important that kids growing up in Québec love the Canadiens and recognize themselves in the team, and a bit of the team in themselves. There must be a strong, visceral, emotional connection between the fans and leurs Glorieux.

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In the very long view, it is important that kids growing up in Québec love the Canadiens and recognize themselves in the team, and a bit of the team in themselves. There must be a strong, visceral, emotional connection between the fans and leurs Glorieux.

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In the very long view, it is important that kids growing up in Québec love the Canadiens and recognize themselves in the team, and a bit of the team in themselves. There must be a strong, visceral, emotional connection between the fans and leurs Glorieux.

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In the very long view, it is important that kids growing up in Québec love the Canadiens and recognize themselves in the team, and a bit of the team in themselves. There must be a strong, visceral, emotional connection between the fans and leurs Glorieux.